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poses — Q X Q, K X Q, which is the most favourable continuation 

 Black can hope for ; he will now be able to bring his KR into play. 

 {k) There is now scarcely any chance for Black. 



GAIVIE X.— (Queens Bishop's Opening.) 



Notes. 



(it) Rather slow for the first player. 



(i) This is not the best ; Kt to K5. or B to Kt5 is preferable. 



(e) To prevent the advance of KP. 



(il) White in this and the next few moves wastes valuable time. 



((') Initiating the attack. 



(/) This blocks up the knight, but if any ether move P to R5 

 follows. 



((;) P to B4 was the right move here. 



(A) The object being to get the KB in a good position, defend 

 the QB, and thus prepare for the advance of QKtP. 



(i) Threatening P x P, and P to K6. 



(,/) If M'hite played ii to KBsq, Black gets a winning advantage 

 by P to Kto. 



(i) Better than R x P. 



{1} Black has attained his object of weakening the White pawns, 

 and may now safely exchange rooks for Queen. 



()«) Q to B3 (eh) was perhaps preferable. 



(«) It was very difficult to decide which was the proper move, as 

 White's intention obviously is to bring boib rooks into play. 



(o) If P to B7, followed by P queens, the win is not by any 

 means clearly evident. 



(p) The ending was exceedingly difficult, as Black was afraid of 

 a draw by stalemate, but he could have played P to B7 instead. 

 White then answers Kt to Q2, P queens, Kt x P, Q(B4) x P, and 

 Black would win. 



((j) Pr mature ; K to B2 was better, as it would have avoided the 

 stalemate position. 



(r) If R to Q6 (cb), Q interposes ; and if R to Kt7 (ch), K to E4, 

 and ultimately reaches E7, and wins. 



The Ereninu Star (Punedin, New Zealand), of September 7, 

 1887, states that there can be no doubt that Professor LoiSETTB's 

 .System of Memory-Training is of great practical utility, and refers to 

 information a Dunedin Student has acquired by the aid of the 

 System in these words: — "Jlr. W. B. Eyre has demonstrated to our 

 satisfaction that he can answer any questions correctly on the fol- 

 lowing subjects — The Kings and Queens of England ; the Kings 

 and Presidents of France ; the Presidents of America ; the names of 

 Shakespeare's plays and the characters in the principal tragedies; 

 the specific gravities of metals; the logarithms of numbers up to 

 100; when ancient philosophers and modern celebrities fiourished ; 

 the dates of various inventions; the winners of the English Derby 

 and the Melbourne, Sydney, and Dunedin Cups ; the averages made 

 in batting and bowling by the Australian cricketers in England 

 and the English team in Australia ; the results of the Otago and 

 Canterbury cricket matches and the Oxford and Cambridge boat- 

 races ; the heights of the notable mountains of the world and all New 

 Zealand ones, as well as of monuments and spires; the average 

 height of European soldiers ; and the length of the longest rivers in 

 the world, &c. By the aid of the system Mr. Eyre can also repeat 

 b.ickward as well as forward any list of figures wliich may be read 

 to him, and he also assures us tliat be recollects poetry and prose 

 with much greater ease than formerly. It is not improbable that 

 he will give a public exhibition of his powers." 



Contents op No. 25. 



PiQE 

 1 



The Stre.%m of Lite 



Collisions at Sea. By Gilbert R. 



Faith 3 



Watched b.v the Dead 5 



Coal. Ev W. Mattieu Wiliiaius 6 



The One-Scale Atlas 8 



The Southern Skies 9 



Seir-Chiirted Skies 10 



Magic Squares 10 



Note on Euclid {I. 32) 11 



A Five-Fold Comet 12 



P-IOR 



Sir Henry Roscoe on Atoms IG 



Shakespeare and Bacon. By Beu- 



Tolio ]•» 



Gossip It* 



Myth, Ritual, and Religion la 



Reviews 21 



The Face of the Sky for November 22 

 Our Whist Column. By "Five of 



Clubs" 23 



Our Chess Column. By " Me- 



phisto *' 23 



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